Neonatologist Jobs in Chennai Hospital

📋 Job Description

Jobzi is sourcing qualified candidates for Neonatologist positions in Chennai private hospitals. This role is with a leading multi-speciality or super-speciality hospital in Chennai. You will work in a NABH-accredited, JCI-quality environment with access to advanced medical technology and strong career development opportunities.

📌 Key Responsibilities

• Manage premature and critically ill neonates in the Level III NICU for respiratory, metabolic, and infectious complications
• Provide neonatal resuscitation in the delivery room and stabilize extremely preterm infants at birth
• Manage neonatal respiratory distress syndrome with surfactant therapy and mechanical ventilation (HFOV, CMV)
• Establish central venous access, umbilical arterial/venous catheters, and exchange transfusions
• Prescribe and monitor total parenteral nutrition for premature infants unable to tolerate enteral feeds
• Diagnose and manage neonatal jaundice, neonatal sepsis, HIE, and congenital metabolic disorders
• Coordinate discharge planning, parent counselling, and follow-up for high-risk NICU graduates

🎓 Qualifications and Requirements

• MBBS + MD Pediatrics + IAP Fellowship in Neonatology or DNB Neonatology / FNB Neonatology
• 4 - 14 Years of post-fellowship neonatology experience
• TNMC registration mandatory
• Competency in neonatal mechanical ventilation (SIMV, HFOV), CPAP, and surfactant administration
• Experience managing ELBW (Extremely Low Birth Weight) infants below 1000 grams
• NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) instructor preferred
• Experience with neonatal transport and outreach neonatology services preferred

✅ Required Skills